The Heiress of Linn Hagh

Northumberland, 1809: A beautiful young heiress disappears from her locked bedchamber at Linn Hagh. The local constables are baffled and the townsfolk cry "witchcraft". The heiress' uncle summons help from Detective Lavender and his assistant, Constable Woods, who face one of their most challenging cases.

Twenty-One Days: Daniel Pitt, Book 1

It is 1910, and the century is full of change. Sir Thomas Pitt, head of Special Branch, has persuaded his son, Daniel, to take on his first case as a newly qualified barrister. Having successfully defended his client and made a lifelong friend, Daniel is summoned to the Old Bailey to assist in the defence of renowned biographer Russell Graves, who is accused of the brutal murder and disfigurement of his wife. When the jury finds him guilty, Graves is sentenced to be hanged in 21 days.

The Mitford Murders

Lose yourself in the gripping first novel in a new series of Golden Age murder mysteries set amid the lives of the glamorous Mitford sisters. It's 1919, and Louisa Cannon dreams of escaping her life of poverty in London, and most of all her oppressive and dangerous uncle. Louisa's salvation is a position within the Mitford household at Asthall Manor, in the Oxfordshire countryside.

Lord James Harrington and the Winter Mystery

1957. Lord James Harrington and his wife, Beth, run a country hotel in the village of Cavendish, deep in the heart of West Sussex. James and Beth are discussing the latest Cavendish Players production,
The Devil Incarnate, when their cleaner informs them that farmer Alec Grimes is missing.

Christmas at The Grange: A Lady Hardcastle Mystery

It's Christmas 1909, and for once Lady Hardcastle - respectable gentlewoman, amateur spy - and her lady's maid, Florence Armstrong, are setting sleuthing aside. They are invited to the festivities up at The Grange, as guests of Sir Hector and Lady Farley-Stroud. But barely have corks been popped and parlour games played when a mysterious crime comes to light.

Anthem for Doomed Youth: A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery

In the Spring of 1926, the corpses of three men are found in shallow graves off the beaten path in Epping Forest outside of London - each shot through the heart and bearing no identification. DCI Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, the lead detective, is immediately given two urgent orders by his supervisor at the Yard: solve the murders quickly and keep his wife, the Honorable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher, away from the case! Thankfully, Daisy's off visiting their daughter at school. But when a teacher is found dead, Daisy is once again in the thick of it.

The Bookseller's Tale: Oxford Medieval Mysteries, Book 1

Oxford, Spring 1353. When young bookseller Nicholas Elyot discovers the body of student William Farringdon floating in the river Cherwell, it looks like a drowning. Soon, however, Nicholas finds evidence of murder. Who could have wanted to kill this promising student? As Nicholas and his scholar friend Jordain try to unravel what lies behind William's death, they learn that he was innocently caught up in a criminal plot.

Michelle says:"A vivid depiction of the past, with a mystery thrown in"

Vindolanda

AD, 98. The bustling army base at Vindolanda lies on the northern frontier of Britannia and the entire Roman world. In just over 20 years' time, the Emperor Hadrian will build his famous wall. But for now, defences are weak as tribes rebel against Rome. It falls to Flavius Ferox, Briton and Roman centurion, to keep the peace. But it will take more than just a soldier's courage to survive life in Roman Britain.

Strangeways to Oldham: The Belchester Chronicles, Book 1

Lady Amanda Golightly of Belchester Towers is a person in complete contrast to the stereotypical image of her upper-class breeding. She is short, portly, and embarrassingly forthright. On a visit to a local nursing home, she unexpectedly discovers a long-lost friend, Hugo Cholmondley-Crichton-Crump - and stumbles upon a murder. The pair turn to sleuthing after Lady Amanda reports her appalling discovery to the local police inspector, who treats her as a silly old biddy with an overactive imagination.

The Red Hill: Thomas Berrington, Volume 1

In 1482 the Englishman Thomas Berrington is living in the last remnants of Moorish Spain. A physician, he is an unwilling friend to the most powerful man in the kingdom. When bodies start to turn up, each showing the marks of a savage attack, Thomas is asked to investigate.

Natural Causes: An Inspector McLean Novel, Book 1

The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of James Oswald's gripping new Inspector McLean crime thriller Natural Causes, read by the actor Ian Hanmore. A young girl's mutilated body is discovered in a sealed room. Her remains are carefully arranged, in what seems to have been a cruel and macabre ritual, which appears to have taken place over 60 years ago.For newly appointed Edinburgh Detective Inspector Tony McLean this baffling cold case ought to be a low priority - but he is haunted by the young victim and her grisly death.

I'll Keep You Safe

Husband and wife Niamh and Ruairidh Macfarlane co-own Ranish Tweed: a Hebridean company that weaves its own special variety of Harris cloth, which has become a sought-after brand in the world of high fashion. But when Niamh learns of Ruairidh's affair with Russian designer Irina Vetrov, then witnesses the pair killed by a car bomb in Paris, her life is left in ruins. Along with her husband's remains, she returns home to the Isle of Lewis bereft.

A Quiet Life in the Country: A Lady Hardcastle Mystery, Book 1

Lady Emily Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. Florence Armstrong, her maid and confidante, is an expert in martial arts. The year is 1908 and they've just moved from London to the country, hoping for a quiet life. But it is not long before Lady Hardcastle is forced out of her self-imposed retirement. There's a dead body in the woods, and the police are on the wrong scent. Lady Hardcastle makes some enquiries of her own, and it seems she knows a surprising amount about crime investigation...

The Seagull

A visit to her local prison brings DI Vera Stanhope face to face with an old enemy: former detective superintendent John Brace. Brace was convicted of corruption and involvement in the death of a gamekeeper - and Vera played a part in his downfall. Brace promises Vera information about the disappearance of Robbie Marshall, a notorious wheeler-dealer, if she will look out for his family. He tells her that Marshall is dead, his body buried close to St Mary's Island in Whitley Bay.

The Crossing Places

When she's not digging up bones or other ancient objects, Ruth Galloway lectures at the University of North Norfolk. She lives happily alone in a remote place called Saltmarsh overlooking the North Sea and, for company; she has her cats Flint and Sparky, and Radio 4. When a child's bones are found in the marshes near an ancient site that Ruth worked on ten years earlier, Ruth is asked to date them.

Some Danger Involved: Barker & Llewelyn Series, Book 1

An atmospheric debut novel set on the gritty streets of Victorian London,
Some Danger Involved introduces detective Cyrus Barker and his assistant, Thomas Llewelyn, as they work to solve the gruesome murder of a young scholar in London's Jewish ghetto. When the eccentric and enigmatic Barker takes the case, he must hire an assistant, and out of all who answer an ad for a position with "some danger involved", he chooses downtrodden Llewelyn, a gutsy young man with a murky past.

Prague Nights

Prague, 1599. Christian Stern, a young doctor, has just arrived in the city. On his first evening, he finds a young woman's body half buried in the snow. The dead woman is none other than the emperor's mistress, and there's no shortage of suspects. Stern is employed by the emperor himself to investigate the murder. In the search to find the culprit, Stern finds himself drawn into the shadowy world of the emperor's court - unspoken affairs, letters written in code, and bitter rivalries. But can he unmask the killer before they reach their next victim?

Still Life: Chief Inspector Gamache Book 1

The discovery of a dead body in the woods on Thanksgiving Weekend brings Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his colleagues from the Surete du Quebec to a small village in the Eastern Townships. Gamache cannot understand why anyone would want to deliberately kill well-loved artist Jane Neal, especially any of the residents of Three Pines - a place so free from crime it doesn't even have its own police force.

Publisher's Summary

As a new century approaches, Edinburgh is a city divided. The wealthy residents of New Town live in comfort, while Old Town's cobblestone streets are clotted with criminals, prostitution, and poverty.

Detective Inspector Ian Hamilton is no stranger to Edinburgh's darkest crimes. Scarred by the mysterious fire that killed his parents, he faces his toughest case yet when a young man is found strangled in Holyrood Park.

With little evidence aside from a strange playing card found on the body, Hamilton engages the help of his aunt, a gifted photographer, and George Pearson, a librarian with a shared interest in the criminal mind. But the body count is rising. As newspapers spin tales of the "Holyrood Strangler," panic sets in across the city. And with each victim, the murderer is getting closer to Hamilton, the one man who dares to stop him.

I tried but I couldn't do it. A few times....Have you ever seen the episode of Seinfeld where Georges father goes to the nail salon. &quot;A man with a Strange Halting Way of Speaking&quot;... that's this narration.

I just couldn't do it. The story may be wonderful but I couldn't concentrate on what he was saying. Oh well, another credit wasted.

10 of 10 people found this review helpful

Marc

Seattle WA USA

08/09/17

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Performance

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"Great story, terrible narration"

It's as if every sentence with recorded separately with a distinct beginning and end. and then strung together. the received pronunciation british english was fine but if I had listened to this entire book I would have hurt myself.

17 of 20 people found this review helpful

Denise

27/09/17

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Performance

Story

"Didn't finish"

I really tried to listen but couldn't get past the narration. Every sentence was so ponderous and just didn't flow smoothly into the next one. For me, it ended up sounding like a string of pronouncements!

6 of 7 people found this review helpful

Madeleine

London, United Kingdom

21/09/17

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Performance

Story

"I think this might have been engrossing but..."

The narrator was truly awful. He has a repetitive, predictable pattern to the tonality of his reading that began to drive me crazy. I couldn't finish the book even though I was intrigued by the plot and the characters.

9 of 11 people found this review helpful

lovetoread

31/10/17

Overall

"Riveting Story of Murder in Edinburgh"

Serial murderers are scary enough, but when set in 19th century Edinburgh amid its slums and grey weather, the reader hopes for the best as DI Hamilton deals with his own devil's solving the case. Keeps you engaged right to the end. Characters are complex especially Hamilton's alcoholic brother.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Glenda

Albuquerque, NM United States

12/11/17

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Performance

Story

"Dark and Depressing . . . did I say DEPRESSING!!!"

I don't think there was one character that wasn't neurotic, depraved, addicted or highly annoying. Can't think of one character that I liked or could feel a connection to. I don't think I ever said this but . . . it really was a waste of my money.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Constance Jenkins

Chandler, AZ USA

01/11/17

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Performance

Story

"Not a huge fan"

I wound up skipping a fair amount of this one. Parts of it were actually good, but larger parts were merely tedious. Some characters were engaging, others not so much.

The narration was a problem. It was WAY too slow (solved by speeding up the playing speed) and overly ponderous.

I kept wanting to like it. The premise had promise -- a copper in Edinburgh in that time period -- but I just wound up really, really wanting it to be over. So I skipped large chunks and called it a day.

I doubt I will read more from this author, though I do wonder if a better narrator might have made it less tedious.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Anna

29/10/17

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Performance

Story

"What a disappointment."

Although the book isn’t a top book the storyline is nice enough to make it in to an enjoyable book. However the narrator Napoleon Ryan makes it in to an cringe worthy experience.I have listened to other books narrated by him for example “The Thief taker” series and that was a joy to listen to. All over sudden he has a lisp and all of the characters have more or less the same voice, and I don’t want to go to the female voices they are really terrible.Next time I choose a book it will be one without Napoleon Ryan.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Born Tired

Florida USA

21/10/17

Overall

"Lackluster"

For a mystery,it was on the predictable side. I almost couldn't get past the first chapter because of the narrator, though. His narrative was in what, to me, sounded like an affectation. I even played a bit for my friend from Gloucestershire to see if he thought it sounded odd. He did. Anyhow, I pushed through and the forced sounding accent in the narratives seemed to lighten up farther in. The setting was Scotland and the Scottish accents on the characters came across fine to my American ears. BUT this narrator thinks old ladies all speak in falsetto. As someone who has worked in jobs where I use a phone I can tell you with no uncertain terms that old ladies are more likely to have lower voices than in a silly falsetto range. To the point it can get embarrassing when you mistakenly say "Sir" to the wrong person. He really ought to work on female voices if he continues with this work. The problem with all this stuff about the narrator is that when I spend this much time noticing the narration I end up that much more distracted from the actual story. It prevents me becoming immersed. Once again I wonder if authors actually listen to the audio books before they are published.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Kindle Customer

Salida, Co USA

16/10/17

Overall

Performance

Story

"Interesting Story"

This was a interesting story a little long and drawn out good on the whole. Not sure I would go out of my way to find another book/story by this author.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

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